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Billy Swan is head exterminator for NYC Pest Control in Brooklyn. I had the pleasure of speaking with him about the fascinating, terrifying and rather alien life of bedbugs — New York’s most unwelcome guests! We also talk about rats too. We hear both cringe-worthy stories and useful facts about bedbugs and the wild rats … Continue reading "Billy Swan: Bedbugs and Rats!"

It’s vacation season! Happy Summer! I’m joined by my wife Kelly to discuss some of our experiences traveling! I read the worst/best tripadvisor.ca hotel review ever with HORROR Hotel opening in the background. We talk about our adventures in New Hampshire, New York City, Frankfurt and Barbados. Centipedes and land crabs! Also includes a vintage Howard Johnson’s advertisement. … Continue reading "Kelly: Vacation Adventure!"

Sister Kate from the Sisters of the Valley talks to me about why and how she started her sacred order of cannabis growing women in the Central Valley of California! From their website: Based in California’s Central Valley, The Sisters of the Valley are not affiliated with any traditional earthly religion. The Sisters’ spiritual practices … Continue reading "Sister Kate: Healing Weed from the Sisters of the Valley"

In 1971, Mitch Markowitz and his brother Rafael “Riff” Markowitz started filming their new children’s cult classic comedy horror sketch program The Hilarious House of Frightenstein! Back then, they had no idea just how popular it would become in Canada, the US and across the world. The Hilarious House of Frightenstein was a Canadian children’s television series … Continue reading "Mitch Markowitz: Hilarious House of Frightenstein"

Happy Canada Day! This week the podcast starts with a proper patriotic salute to Canada in 1908 – with the 1908 version of O Canada. You can follow along to the stirring lyrics here. Then we’re joined by now veteran guest of the show, LogosPilgrim! The conversation will be a little more relaxed and broader this holiday weekend … Continue reading "LogosPilgrim: Cosplay, Comics, Chaplin and Albator!"

This week I’m happy to talk with Eric Miller who is editor of and contributor to 18 Wheels of Horror, which is a recently released horror story anthology in the small but growing genre of trucking fiction! From Amazon: Psychotic killers, devious ghosts, alien monsters, howling storms, undead creatures, and other dark forces haunt the highways and the truckers … Continue reading "Eric Miller: 18 Wheels of Horror!"

When I was in Los Angeles for the first time this past February I noticed there sure were a lot of interesting people there. I also noticed that the drivers were — on the whole — just as aggressive… yes let’s put it that way… as they are in my home Montreal! So I thought it would be … Continue reading "Josh Mendoza: Cars and Stars!"

This week’s episode starts off in the same vein as last with a freakshow theme! Natalie Zarrelli lost her job one terrible day in Boston and rather than moping about it she joined a travelling sideshow! That’s wicked cool! In this episode you’ll get to learn a little about Natalie’s time in the World of Wonders sideshow! We’ll … Continue reading "Natalie Zarrelli: Sideshows, Arcade Games and Ice Cream Wars"

This week I’m thrilled to be talking with the Rev. Tommy Gunn (aka Thomas Nealeigh) from Freakshow Deluxe! Reverend Tommy Gunn founded the FreakShow Deluxe in 2001, then pushed the company’s move to Hollywood in 2004 when he opened the Empire Amusement Hall. People started calling him the Best Talker On the West Coast in 2008 … Continue reading "Thomas Nealeigh: It’s a FreakShow Deluxe!"

Miles Greb is a comic writer based in Seattle and has produced the science-based comic After the Gold Rush. After the Gold Rush is a comic about the conflict between religion and science. It is also a return to optimistic Sci Fiction; a genera where we see the benefits of the scientific method. It tells the story … Continue reading "Miles Greb: After the Gold Rush"